Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 282, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1929 — Page 8

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THIS HAS HAPPENED MILDRED LAWRENCE niMt* STEPHEN ARMITAGE when he r*cue ttr fox fur Irom a thlfl who had .•:.atctd It In a crowd. Their friendthlp (row* until PAMELA J 1 o*:.(hr*r of Mildred's employer. tr:es *o 1 .re him *y from her Then HUCK CONNOR becomes Infatuated with YPa: 'la ar.d ehe amuses herself by piayln* with both men Pam'.a s brother. HAROLD. Is in love with Mildred but suspects that she cares mr re lor Stephen than for him. Mildred tries to keep him from Hue* for she thinks, he is a leader of a gambling ring. He laughs at her fears and soon she realize- that Pamela is winning Stephen from her. When Mildred s mother has er oua he prove lit* devotion bv doing everything possible to help her. Stephen hears of the accident a ,and comes to call, feeling r-gret over his long absence. He and Mildred plan a p.cr.lc when her mother Is recovered but business prevents him from keep- . g the engagement. Pamela te.is N’ephen that Mildred Is trvlng to marrv Harold for his money. He defends her and Pamela :s furious. When Mildred return* to the office she is discharg'd NOW GO ON WITH THE STORV CHAPTER XVIII "T’M your successor!” A The words held a world of meaning for Mildred. She had been fired! Someone had been engaged In her place even before she knew of the misfortune that had befallen her in her absence from the hotel. Without a word to the girl at the desk she whirled and made her way to the manager's office. It was ro unexpected, so unbelievable, this thing that had happened to hei*. . . perhaps there'd been a mistake . . this girl who claimed to have her job . . . she'd been engaged as a substitute . . . she may have misunderstood about that . . . no, it didn't ‘tick. . . Mildred knew in her heart that Mr. Dazei had let her go. Mr. Dazei? Tamela! But why? Stephen, of course! Mildred clenched her hands m idlist her rising anger. Stephen didn't care anything about her. Hadn't he been with Pamela all the long day through on Sunday—just yesterday—while she, Mildred, had sat reading to her mother, and picturing a carefree coup'e gayly swinging over a perfect golf .oursc on a perfect day? Just befause Stephen had come to her with friendly sympathy she was to lose her job . . .! Well, at least Mr. Dazei should hear what she thought of it,! She burst into his office with her eyes ablaze and signals of battle flaming in her cheeks. “Ah . . . er . . . good morning. Miss Lawrence,” he sad uncertainly, glancing up from some work on his desk and motioning Mildred to a seat. She made no move to take it. "You wished to see me,” she said abruptly. “Why, yes, won't you sit down?” He half rose from his chair in uncomfortable anticipation of a bad period ahead of him. “I think I know why you sent for me.” Mildred told him directly. “You've fired me.” a tt n SHF! was entirely unconscious of the scorn and accusation in her voice, though it was sufficient to make the manager wince. He shook his head in hasty denial. “No, not I,” he said defensively. 'l'm sorry, sincerely sorry, that such a course became necessary, but the matter was taken out of my hands.” “I'm sure of that,” Mildred affirmed. “but. you are the manager here. You are not compelled to take orders from the owner's daughter. And you have no right to discharge me without sufficient cause.” “As I said, the matter was taken out of my hands,” Mr. Dazei repeated and reached into a drawer of his desk to produce a cablegram which he handed to Mildred 'without further explanation. She read it in silence. Tt was

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Crystal, still weak after her long: illness, danced only a few rounds in Harry Blaine's arms, then dropped breathlessly into the chair he led hpr to. All during dinner and since the dancing had begun Tony had been what old-fashioned novelists described as “feverishly gay.” As if she were talking and laughing and flirting very hard, in order not to have time to think. . . . "Feeling bad. darling?” Tony had whirled noiselessly out of the dance and fluttered to rest on the arm of Crystal's chair. Her cheeks were flushed, her blue eyes binning with an almost blinding light. "No.” Crystal answered. “Just resting. My first dance since early October, you know. Are you going up to pack now? I want to go with you.” “No. no!’’ Tony protested hastily. “You mustn’t be chasing up and down those stairs so much. I just have to cram a few things into my Lag. Gotta hurry, too. I haven’t told you how ashamed of myself I am for ditching you like this, Crys. Can you forgive me?” Ashamed of herself Crystal winced at the expression, and the cld fear began to throb fiercely. Was this Tony’s way of telling her, without putting her confession into so many words? “Don't be silly!” Crystal managed to protest lightly. “What's there to forgive? You can't help it—” “No. I—can’t help it,” Tony agreed, with an odd note of sombreness in her vibrant, rich young voice. “And you will come back—if you can?’’ Crystal continued. “Os course! Gotta run now. I've danced too long and I'll have to pay the piper,” Tony cried, springing to her feet. But she stopped to kiss Crystal full on the mouth. When she had run upstairs. Crystal sat very still, fighting down her fears. Tony had not mentioned her father, Pat Tarver. But she had said that queer, cryptic thing about paving the piper. If Tony had been lying to Cherry, to get away gracefully, she evidently had been unable to lie to her chum. Ten minutes later Tony, in street dress, squirrel coat and closefitting little blue felt hat, was say-

a curt and definite message from I Mr. Judson himself to the manager ; ordering him to dispense with Mildred Lawrence's services immediately. She was to have two weeks’ salary in lieu of notice; but she was to go at once. When she had finished reading it, Mildred suddenly sat down on the chair she had at first refused to | take. All the fire and fight had i gone out of her like starch out of j a wet collar. Up until then she had retained a j faint hope of being able to induce i Mr. Daze! to reverse his decision. ! She couldn't believe that any one j could have her fired for nothing i more than a personal animosity. But she couldn't fight a girl whose resources extended to an indulgent father who could not be reached by the other side. And she had no idea what argument Pamela had used to influence her father. It would do no good to cable him blindly. Besides, she could not afford to enter into correspondence by cable. Mr. Dazei spoke gently to her when she got up to go. “Your check is ready in the cashier’s office,” he said, “and I shall be glad to recommend you most highly whenever you choose to give my name as a reference. You won’t have any trouble finding another position. I'm sure, and I wish you immediate success.” Mildred nodded blindly and groped for the door-knob. “Well, thank God that’s over,” Mr. Denzel breathed when the door closed behind her. “Os all the un- ' fair deals that ever were handed out she got about the worst.” ana MILDRED sought a quiet corner until she could overcome the first shattering effects of the shock she had undergone. It wouldn't do to go home to her mother before she could manage to put on a cheerful face, she told herself. Perhaps, if she stayed downtown, she might find another place before night. She'd put in her application at the best agencies, anyway. It oughn't to be so hard, in a city of millions of people, to find a job. “A job. yes, but I need a good salary. I can't take the first thing that, offers.” That was the trouble. With only herself to think of Mildred would not have worried. But they needed money at home. There always were things they ought to have and had to get along without. Little things, like anew tennis racquet, an electric fan. the hundred and one things that a school girl can not be happy without. “Well.” Mildred mentally .squared her shoulders, “at least Pamela has done all that she can to me. I wr n't have to worry about her any more.” But that, she knew, wasn’t the whole truth. As long as Stephen remained the only man in the world for Mildred, Pamela could make, her worry. And Pamela had got what she wanted. She had removed the girl whom Stephen hadn't quite been able to forget. Mildred accepted her defeat, but this one thought gave her comfort. Pamela had considered her a dangerous rival, else she wouldn't have bothered about her. Only now—and with this new 7 thought Mildred went weak with a sudden, very real pain in her heart —that she was removed, Stephen probably would forget her. And she knew that the bittersweet of seeing him almost daily with Pamela, the brief visits he had paid at her desk, the occasional nosegay,

ing good-by. In spite of her professed need to hurry, she seemed loath to go, as if Cherry Jonson’s pleasant living room were a sanctuary ... It was Dick Talbot’s pleasant impatience which tore her away at last, but not before she had kissed Crystal again, holding her close for a moment with a hurting pressure. As soon after Tony's departure as she could. Crystal pleaded fatigue and went to the bedroom which would now be so lonely. She had firmly, almost querulously. refused Rhoda’s kindly offer to help her undress and to keep her company for a while, if she was not sleepy. She wanted to be alone, so that, her too transparent face would not give away the secret of her fears. Not even Harry Blaine must suspect that she was worried about Tony Tarver. His eyes were so keen, and they watched her so much anway . . . Sha was undressing listless when her eyes caught the sparkle of a jewel on the rug. Tt was Tony’s diamond and sapphire pendant, which she had worn that evening with the royal blue chiffon velvet. Crystal snatched it up. It was the excuse she had been unconsciously praying for. (To Be Continued.!

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were things she would miss unendingly. For a moment she was tempted to appeal to Harold, to ask him to Intercede for her so that she might be allowed to stay on at the Judson. But the temptation was fleeting. Harold was a weak rod to lean on. No one would listen to him, least of all his father. Still, she was to have the benefit ot his proven loyalty, and that was encouraging. ana HAROLD learned of what had happened before Mildred left the hotel. In a rage he searched around until he found her. “Pam's back of this,” he said furiously. "But she can't get away with it. I won t let her. I'll cable dad myself, Mildred, right off. Wait around, will you? “Stay right here. I'll give dad a cableful of lowdown on Pam’s sportsmanship that will burn him up. He'll never stand for letting her ride you like this.” He shoved Mildred down into a chair. "Don’t stir. I'll be back in a minute and then we'll talk this thing over.” He was gone, and Mildred waited. It was something to have someone doing battle for her even though she doubte it would do much good. It didn't either, none at all; in fact, Harold's interference made things worse, as Pamela knew it would when she learned that he had cabled their father. She met him just after he had sent his message and he jumped on her in a fine temper. “I’ve told dad why you want Miss Lawrence kicked out.” he said. “You jealous little brute.” Pamela smiled, a slow, taunting smile. “So you’ve cabled, have you? Well, that’s fine.” She passed on, a lok of sly satisfaction spreading over her face. “Now dad is sure to believe what I said,” she told herself as Harold looked after her in unpleasant cogitation. He knew her well enough to know that his gesture of defense had pleased her. And it puzzled him to know how it could be so. for he hadn't the slightest idea that Pamela had told their father, in a cable of her own, that Mildred Lawrence was trying to become his daughter-in-law. Harold did not receive an answer to his cable that day and when finally one came he tore it to bits and simultaneously consigned the whole world, except Mildred Lawrence, to damnation. He got out of telling Mildred about it by lying to her. He said his father hadn’t replied, but his evasive glances and uneasy manner gave her contrary information. She could guess easily enough that his lather had refused to reinstate her. “Oh. well,” she said. “I think I’ll surely find something this week. You know I haven’t told them at home that I'm looking for anew job.” She smiled across the table at Harold—they were lunching together—and at that moment if Pamela hadn't been his sister he'd have hated her. Harold reached over and covered her hand as she toyed with a dessert fork. “Let me help you.” he pleaded. “I can find you a job." Mildred shook her head. “Then you would want to own me,” she said. “But I will let you do something for nie if you will tell me why you are afraid of Huck Connor.”

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